I have written a gazillion things on my blogposts which can get me shot on point blank with so many bullets that my corpse might not have a head left on it. So, what is the reason why many bloggers like me don't get shot?
1. We don't get covered by BBC, CNN, New York Times, etc.
2. We did not get covered by the local media after the hype created by the international media.
3. Neither did we get
recognized for an International Peace Award nor did we got a National Peace Award from the government for writing a blog.
4. Even if we were able to get what we were not able to get in the 3 points mentioned above, we could have survived if we were not left ALONE and ISOLATED by those who 'encashed' us i.e. made money out of us and our stories.
Malala was unrecognizable, yet she was effective with her pseudonym in promoting the right of a girl willing to be educated in Swat (please note here that, the people of Swat always supported education, in general and for their females - there was a brief disruption - due to miscreants - from 2008 on wards till the military operation which concluded in 2009). The media disclosed her identity for their ratings and for their gains (and nothing else) and they made several news reports so that they are not left behind in the rat race; leaving her as an easy target in SWAT to be attacked by those she targeted.
It's too late to light vigils and pay Amir Liaqat to make duas outside AFIC, it's time to repent for using Malala as a bait to lure sympathies (read AID) and for making a mountain out of a mole hill (referring to the breakup of a group which is from a particular race of Pakhtun fighters with the Pakistan Army, support of Afghani Taliban and allowing ISAF-NATO forces to ignore the infiltration of mercenaries who cross over to kill our 'Malalas' in the disguise of militants or drones & for fighting a war which was never ours).
The war in Pakistan is not taking place to protect the poor, to relieve the suffering humanity from the evil clutches of 'moulvis' and/or to give females their rights; it's being fought only for selling weapons and grabbing control of resources.
So, let's vow not to throw our children as bait ever again. Let's stop following the shrewd wolf blindly; let's stop acting like an aloof herd, please.
4. Even if we were able to get what we were not able to get in the 3 points mentioned above, we could have survived if we were not left ALONE and ISOLATED by those who 'encashed' us i.e. made money out of us and our stories.
Malala was unrecognizable, yet she was effective with her pseudonym in promoting the right of a girl willing to be educated in Swat (please note here that, the people of Swat always supported education, in general and for their females - there was a brief disruption - due to miscreants - from 2008 on wards till the military operation which concluded in 2009). The media disclosed her identity for their ratings and for their gains (and nothing else) and they made several news reports so that they are not left behind in the rat race; leaving her as an easy target in SWAT to be attacked by those she targeted.
It's too late to light vigils and pay Amir Liaqat to make duas outside AFIC, it's time to repent for using Malala as a bait to lure sympathies (read AID) and for making a mountain out of a mole hill (referring to the breakup of a group which is from a particular race of Pakhtun fighters with the Pakistan Army, support of Afghani Taliban and allowing ISAF-NATO forces to ignore the infiltration of mercenaries who cross over to kill our 'Malalas' in the disguise of militants or drones & for fighting a war which was never ours).
The war in Pakistan is not taking place to protect the poor, to relieve the suffering humanity from the evil clutches of 'moulvis' and/or to give females their rights; it's being fought only for selling weapons and grabbing control of resources.
So, let's vow not to throw our children as bait ever again. Let's stop following the shrewd wolf blindly; let's stop acting like an aloof herd, please.
